Revolving toy.



PATENTED MAY 17, 1904.

M. MONTBLL. REVOLVING TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 2a, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented. May 17, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MAY MONTELL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO LAURA OHESELDINE- WHITE, OF JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

REVOLVING TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,009, dated May 17, 1904.

Application filed February 28, 1903. Serial No. 145,472. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAY MONTELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to revolving toys; and the objects of the same are to provide a toy which may be readily taken to pieces and packed in a small space and readily assembled for the purpose of providing a revolving toy which will represent flying horses and which shall be simple in construction, durable in use, and easy to operate.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the center of the pedestal and base of the toy.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base, to which a hollow pedestal 2 is centrally secured, said pedestal being provided with a convex conically-shaped bearing 3, provided with a centrally-located conical inverted aperture for the reception of the lower end of a revolving shaft or wire 4, said shaft being provided at its lower end with a tapered knob or pivotal point 5 in order that it may revolve with but little friction. On the revolving shaft above the pedestal a disk 6 is secured to said rod or shaft 4, and a number of resilient wire arms 6' extend radially from. the disk and are bent downward and outward at their free ends. Any suitable animale or other figures 8 are attached to the outer ends of the arms.

A canopy 9 of any suitable material is placed above the disk 5 and may be provided with peripheral scallops or other ornamental contours 10.

Placed upon the upper end of the shaft 4: is a knob 11, provided with a suitable groove-or cut-away portion 12 for a string or cord 13, which may be used for revolving the shaft,

disk, animals, and the canopy in a manner which will be perfectly obvious.

Any suitable figures may be substituted for the animals shown, and any suitable number may be employed.

The operation of my device is as follows: The string or cord 13 is coiled about the groove 12 and is then drawn outward to revolve the shaft, canopy, and the animals or the figures.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a device constructed in accordance with my invention may have its separate parts detached and packed in a very small space and may be readily assembled by a child.

The toy can be easily operated and will prove amusing and entertaining to children or grown people.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to secure by claim and Letters Patent is As an article of manufacture, a rotating toy comprising a base, a hollow pedestal secured thereto, a conical bearing formed in the hollow pedestal, a shaft, a conical pivoted point formed on the end of the shaft and received in the conical bearing, an apertured disk received on the shaft at a point above the hollow pedestal, resilient cranked wires received in the apertures in the disk interchangeable figures secured on the outer free ends of the wires, a canopy superposed upon the disk, the canopy provided with a scalloped periphery, a knob secured to the upper end of the shaft, the canopy held between the disk and knob and means on the knob for rotating the shaft.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two witnesses.

MAY MON TELL.

Witnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, Ron'r. G. Rnonns. 

